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49. Notes with concern that 90 % of the palm oil consumed in the world is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia at the expense of peat forests, which are burned down to make way for large acacia and oil-palm plantations; points to the fact that, according to a study conducted by the World Bank, Indonesia has become the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, precisely because of forest fires;

to defend the inclusion of a regulatory annex on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders, while maintaining EU criteria, including social and environmental criteria, and procedures in European tenders, notably regarding SMEs’ access to public contracts, the eligibility criteria based on the best ‘quality-price’ ratio and the thresholds below which commitments do not apply; to overcome the lack of transparency and market entry barriers regarding non-European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area at all levels of government, as illustrated ...[+++]by the preferential treatment granted to domestic companies in several countries, while allowing for the possibility of opting for market access and national treatment commitments for the sake of multilateralisation; to encourage the ratification and implementation by those parties who have not yet done so of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call on the European Union to introduce a ‘European Business Act’, modelled on the ‘American Business Act’ and supporting the economic development of SMEs and European industry;

6. Agrees that the pre-existing difficult situation in the area, combined with the cumulative effect of three major closures in the MRO sector within a short period, and the fact that no employers in this sector remain in Ireland may justify a derogation from the threshold of 500 redundancies set out in article 4(1) of the EGF regulation; reiterates, in this regard, its recommendation to the Commission to either clarify the derogation criteria set out in Article 4(1) of the EGF Regulation, or lower the threshold of 500 workers being made redundant;

A. whereas Burundi is one of the least developed countries in the world; whereas nearly half (45 %) of its 10.6 million inhabitants are aged 15 or under (with children aged below 5 making up 19.9 % of the population); whereas between 2013 and 2014 Burundi fell two places, from 178th to 180th, in the UN Development Programme (UNDP)’ Human Development Index; whereas four out of five people in Burundi live on less than USD 1.25 per day, and whereas 66.9 % of the population live below the poverty line;

F. whereas the so-called 2006 ‘April Package’ of constitutional amendments, which was supported by representatives of most of the main parties in BiH, contained a number of proposals which should have strengthened state-level powers and addressed certain dysfunctions in BiH’s legislative and executive branches, failed by only two votes to reach the threshold required for the adoption of constitutional amendments;

H. whereas Burundi is one of the least developed countries in the world; whereas nearly half (45 %) of the 10.6 million inhabitants of Burundi are aged 15 or under (children below the age of 5 represent 19.9 %); whereas Burundi ranks first in the Global Hunger Index, with three in five children suffering stunted growth; whereas between 2013 and 2014 Burundi fell two places, from 178 to 180, in the UNDP’s Human Development Index, whereas four out of five people in Burundi live on less than USD 1.25 per day, and whereas 66.9 % of the population live below the poverty line;

H. whereas Burundi is one of the least developed countries in the world; whereas nearly half (45 %) of the 10,6 million inhabitants of Burundi are aged 15 or under (children below the age of 5 represent 19,9 %); whereas Burundi ranks first in the Global Hunger Index, with three in five children suffering stunted growth; whereas between 2013 and 2014 Burundi fell two places, from 178 to 180 , in the UNDP’s Human Development Index, whereas four out of five people in Burundi live on less than USD 1,25 per day, and whereas 66,9 % of the population live below the poverty line;

F. whereas the so-called 2006 ‘April Package’ of constitutional amendments, which was supported by representatives of most of the main parties in BiH and contained a number of proposals which should have strengthened state-level powers and addressed certain dysfunctions in BiH’s legislative and executive branches, failed by only two votes to reach the threshold required for adoption;

— state aid guidelines that clarify how the Commission will determine instances of tax-related state aid, thereby providing more legal certainty for businesses and Member States, taking into consideration the fact that, in other sectors, such guidelines have proven to be highly effective in putting a stop to and pre-empting practices in Member States which are in conflict with Union state aid law; an effect which can only be achieved via a high degree of detail in the guidelines, including numerical thresholds.

state aid guidelines that clarify how the Commission will determine instances of tax-related state aid, thereby providing more legal certainty for businesses and Member States, taking into consideration the fact that, in other sectors, such guidelines have proven to be highly effective in putting a stop to and pre-empting practices in Member States which are in conflict with Union state aid law; an effect which can only be achieved via a high degree of detail in the guidelines, including numerical thresholds.

110. Stresses the need to achieve a comprehensive, ambitious and binding agreement at COP 21 that contains sound guarantees for keeping the rise in global average temperature below 2 °C in comparison with pre-industrial levels, together with a global, robust and common transparency and accountability system that includes monitoring, reporting obligations and an effective and efficient compliance system; believes that the post-2020 international climate regime should include provisions to enable greater ambition, support cost-effective mitigation efforts, and provide opportunities for safeguarding environmental integrity and sustainable development; stresses the need for a strong commitment to ...[+++] emission reductions from the world’s largest polluters; emphasises the key role to be played by the EU diplomacy as regards climate and energy;

9. Stresses the need to achieve a comprehensive, ambitious and binding agreement at the UNFCCC COP 21 meeting in Paris that contains sound guarantees for keeping the rise in global average temperature below 2°C in comparison with pre-industrial levels, together with a global, robust and common transparency and accountability system that includes monitoring, reporting obligations and an effective and efficient compliance system; believes that the post-2020 international climate regime should include provisions to enable greater ambition, support cost-effective mitigation efforts, and provide opportunities for safeguarding environmental integrity and sustainable development; stresses the need for ...[+++]a strong commitment to emission reductions from the world’s largest polluters; emphasises the key role to be played by the EU diplomacy as regards climate and energy, and the Union’s global leadership in energy efficient technologies, which is a priority for a resilient Energy Union;

107. Stresses the need to achieve a comprehensive, ambitious and binding agreement at COP 21 that contains sound guarantees for keeping the rise in global average temperature below 2 °C in comparison with pre-industrial levels, together with a global, robust and common transparency and accountability system that includes monitoring, reporting obligations and an effective and efficient compliance system; believes that the post-2020 international climate regime should include provisions to enable greater ambition, support cost-effective mitigation efforts, and provide opportunities for safeguarding environmental integrity and sustainable development; stresses the need for a strong commitment to ...[+++] emission reductions from the world’s largest polluters; emphasises the key role to be played by the EU diplomacy as regards climate and energy;

9. Ascertains from the Joint Undertaking that the contributions committed by Member States were at the level of 1,8 times the Union commitments; acknowledges that the commitments by Member States had to be reduced below the 1,8 threshold when awarding the grants in order to comply with the limitations imposed by the State aid rules; takes note that the resulting contributions to the Joint Undertaking by the Union were EUR 181 454 844, whereas the Member States contributions were EUR 341 842 261, resulting in a level of 1,88;

4. Recalls that the Institute introduced complementary ex post verifications for grant transactions as a second layer of assurance on the legality and regularity of grant transactions; acknowledges that the Institute carried out “on the spot” audits covering around 40 % of the grants paid under the 2013 Grant Agreements; notes that these audits resulted in the recovery of EUR 263 239, out of the total audited amount of EUR 29 163 272; acknowledges that the detected error rate in the audited sample is 0,90 % and the residual error rate is 0,69 %, which is below the materiality threshold of 2 %; notes that the Court has not raised any comm ...[+++]ents or findings in relation to ex ante or ex post verifications in its preliminary observations for the financial year 2014;

9. Notes that the Joint Undertaking developed a new methodology for residual error rate estimation, similar to the one used by the Commission services in charge of co-managed funding; acknowledges that the first evaluation of the residual error rate based on the 157 audited transactions was 0,73 %, while a recent update based on 331 transactions resulted in an error rate of 0,66 %, below the materiality threshold of 2 %;

7. Notes that the Joint Undertaking developed a new methodology for residual error rate estimation, similar to the one used by the Commission services in charge of co-managed funding; acknowledges that the first evaluation of the residual error rate based on the 157 audited transactions was 0,73 %, while a recent update based on 331 transactions resulted in an error rate of 0,66 %, below the materiality threshold of 2 %;

23. Calls on all countries to commit to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and to develop a plan identifying domestic resources and potential international funding to meet this goal; supports the target of scaling-up healthcare spending in all countries to the recognised minimum of USD 86 per person for essential health services;

10. Ascertains from the Joint Undertaking that the Member States’ contributions were under the level of 1,8 times the Union contribution as requested by the Joint Undertaking’s statute in order to comply with the limitations imposed by the State aid rules; notes in particular that for the industrial participants in large pilot line projects the total public funding cannot exceed 25 % while the Joint Undertaking’s statute requires allocating the same reimbursement rate to each participant;

22. Calls on all countries to commit to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and to develop a plan identifying domestic resources and potential international funding to meet this goal; supports the target of scaling-up healthcare spending in all countries to the recognised minimum of USD 86 per person for essential health services;

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